Preferences for coloured bower decorations can be explained in a nonsexual context

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1077-1083

  Madden, Joah Robert ^a   Tanner, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COLOR; MATE CHOICE; SENSORY SYSTEM; SEXUAL SELECTION;

PTILONORHYNCHIDAE; VITACEAE;

EID: 0037892838     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2126     Document Type: Article

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